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“It’s good to be back,” an overwhelmed Edwin Allen High’s Fiona Richards said after she broke the one-year Champs record in the Class One discus throw with 53.04m on yesterday’s second day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium.

Richards, who won double gold in Class Two while representing Buff Bay High two years ago before transferring to Edwin Allen, broke the record of 52.73m set by Shanice Love of Excelsior High and is the third record broken in the girls’ section.

“I am feeling great, it’s a real good feeling,” she said. “It is great to be back at Champs and winning.”

Hydel High’s IAAF World Under-20 finalists Devia Brown took the silver medal with 47.80m, with Gabrielle Bailey of St Jago High taking the bronze with 47.61m.

Immaculate Conception’s Danielle Sloley won the Class Two shot put with a new lifetime best of 14.73m, beating Rusea’s High’s Aliesha Shaw, who also threw a personal best 14.51m, and Holmwood Technical’s Shaday Hudson with 13.93m.

Hydel High are the leaders after picking up points in both finals, the Class One discus throw and the Class Two shot put and are on 12 points, just one ahead of Immaculate Conception on 11, with former champions Holmwood Technical and St Jago High tied in third place on 10 points, followed by defending champions Edwin Allen High on nine points, with Excelsior High next on eight points.

Three more finals will be contested today, a busy day for the sprinters with the first round of the 100m and the semi-finals of the 200m and 800m, as well as the first round of the 400m hurdles.

Last year’s Class Two silver medallist and favourite Stacey-Ann Williams of St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) led the qualifiers for the Class One 400m after clocking 53.78 seconds to win her heat in yesterday’s first round, well ahead of Holmwood Technical’s Kadeja Campbell, who ran 54.94 seconds.

Hydel High’s Roneisha McGregor had the second fastest time of 53.98 seconds, with Alesha Kelly of St Jago High winning the third heat in 54.76 seconds.

Vere Technical’s Sanique Walker is on course to defend her title in the Class Two event after running 55.08 seconds in the first heat, while her teammate Nickisha Pryce had the next best time of 55.42 seconds to win heat four with St Jago High’s Kimara Francis next best with 55.54 seconds to win the fifth heat.

Holmwood Technical’s Danielle Deer led the Class Three quarter-mile after running 55.94 seconds to win her heat, while Garriel White of Hydel won heat three with 56.43 seconds, as the other Holmwood Technical runner Nattesha Palmer won heat six with 56.49 seconds.

In the only 1500m first-round race contested yesterday, Edwin Allen’s Rushana Dwyer led the Class Three qualifiers after running four minutes 49.16 seconds.